Meri Kristiina Mäkelä (born 20 November 1992) is a Finnish

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whose specialty is the

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. She has competed in two Olympics and four World Athletics Championships, with the best result of 9th in

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. Her personal bests in the event are 14.64 m outdoors (achieved in 2022 in Munich, Germany) and 14.38 m indoors (2019, Gallur, Madrid, Spain).

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* 1992 births Living people Finnish female triple jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland Sportspeople from Orimattila Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Finnish Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes from Päijät-Häme European Athletics Championships medalists European Games competitors for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub